The occupational commitment and intention to quit of practicing and pre-service teachers: Influence of self-efficacy, job stress, and teaching context

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-129

  Klassen, Robert M ^a   Chiu, Ming Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Career stage; Motivation; Occupational commitment; Self efficacy; Stress; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953290454     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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